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Transnet is confident its R300-billion capital expenditure programme is achievable and its plans to enable a shift away from road by expanding rail, port and pipeline infrastructure will now be put into action. At the launch of its market-demand

The US government sued Apple and five publishers, saying they conspired to fix the prices of e-books, and reached a settlement with three of the publishers that could lead to cheaper e-books for consumers. The US justice department accused Apple

The directors of EH Walton packaging in Port Elizabeth say they've put firm strategies in place to save the company and have it up and running again within two weeks. EH Walton employs 450 people across the country and was founded in Port

Energy Minister Dipuo Peters says neither government, nor her department, have control over the fuel market prices. She was speaking in Pretoria today, ahead of tonight's steep price petrol price increases of 66 cents a litre at the coast and 71

New vehicle sales showed modest gains in March. According to latest sales figures from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa, aggregate sales have improved year on year by 4.8%. However, Naamsa says total

FNB says its house price index showed a further slight acceleration in March. The Bank's property sector strategist, John Loos, says the index improved from a revised February growth rate of 7.1% to 8 % year-on-year. He says this was the

Two of South Africa's leading motor brands have opened new dealerships in Soweto. Deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe officially opened a VW and a Toyota dealership in an 8,000 square metre property owned by local businessman, Dr Richard Maponya

The SA Reserve Bank has left the repo rate unchanged at 5.5 percent, governor Gill Marcus said on Thursday. The prime rate would stay at 9% This was in line with market expectations, with various economists --including André Roux of

Producer price inflation eased to 8.3 percent in February. Statistics South Africa said on Thursday that this was 0.6 of a percentage point lower than the corresponding annual rate of 8.9% in January. Stats SA says the lower annual rate was